H5212 - נִיסָן (Nîyçân)

H5212 נִיסָן (Nîyçân) nee-sawn'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Nisan

Strong's Definition

Nisan, the first month of the Jewish sacred year

Derivation: probably of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: Nisan.

TWOT Reference: 1359

Outline of Biblical Usage

Nisan = "their flight"

1) the 1st month of the Jewish calendar corresponding to March or April

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

Nisan = "their flight" the 1st month of the Jewish calendar corresponding to March or April Another name of a.viv (אָבִיב "Abib" H0024)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נִיסָן ný̂ysân BDB Definition: Nisan = their flight 1) the 1st month of the Jewish calendar corresponding to March or April Part of Speech: noun proper A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably of foreign origin Same Word by TWOT Number: 1359 Total KJV Occurrences: 2

Bible Occurrences (2)

2:1

3:7

Nehemiah 2:1

Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

Esther 3:7

In the twelfth... year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day... and month.... [And the lot fell on] the twelfth...... month, the month of Adar.